Family, kinship, and marriage in India
Contributed articles
Case studies
x, 502 pages : maps ; 22 cm
9780195628357, 0195628357
37370582
The kinship map of India / Irawati Karve
The study of Dravidian kinship / Thomas Trautmann
North India in relation to south India / Louis Dumont
Lineage structure and change in a Gujarat village / A.M. Shah
Brahman kinship in a Tamil village / E. Kathleen Gough
Gender and the Khasi family structure / Tiplut Nongbri
Relatives and the kindred in the Punjabi kinship system / Paul Hershman
Masks and faces / Veena Das
The Nayars and the definition of marriage / E. Kathleen Gough
Himalayan polyandry and the domestic circle / Gerald D. Berreman
Marriage rules and patterns of marriage in the Dravidian kinship relation / Thomas Trautmann
The structural implications of marriage alliance in north India / T.N. Madan
Marriage preferences among the Dhund of northern Pakistan / Hastings Donnan
The hypergamy of the Patidars / D.F. Pocock
Dowry in north India / Ursula Sharma
Bridegroom price in urban India / Lionel Caplan
Karimpur families over sixty years / Susan S. Wadley and Bruce W. Derr
The Hindu family and development / T.N. Madan
The family and the reproduction of inequality / André Béteille
Economics and the family / Amartya Sen